Paleoanthropology is a field of study concerned with the scientific study of ancient human remains.

The issue of ancient humans and the evidence of their fossil records, was before only a scientific issue but with increase in Christianity and the popularization of creationism as the answer to the origin of man(Adam & eve), paleoanthropology has also become a burning issue in religion and theology.

It all started from the connoisseur Charles Darwin and his accomplice Eugen dubois, who sought to decapitate the biblical provisions on the origin of man, they asserted, they opined, they theorised and they also claimed, but worst for religion they proved many of their positions which came in total conflict with religious notions.

One troublesome position for normal believers and scientist who are as well believers has been the conundrum of reconciling the creationist story of Adam/Eve, believed to be the first known homo sapiens versys the fossil records(skeletal remains) of ancient humans such as homo erectus, homo hilderbengensis, homo habilis and the closest to humans which existed some years ago in europe, by name neanderthals.
This ancient humans are believed to have lived to an extent like modern day humans, had families, buried their loved ones, hunted for meals, had copulation, reproduced and did some rituals.

In Africa, when you gather up students to enlighten them on paleoanthropology, they quickly dismiss such lectures as the white man's delusion and myth, they hardly concur to the evidence-based assertions that certain ancient humans existed before we the modern humans.

And that is how deep, complacent ignorance has ridden the African mindset, whereas there are in many paleoanthropological museums in America, fossil records of this creatures which stands as an axiomatic proof that they did existed, though extinct now.

The critical questions relevant for consideration are now, as follows

1) how do we reconcile the book of genesis with the fossil records of ancient humans that is presumed to have lived millions of years ago before modern humans.

2) what about the prehistoric men who wrote on caves and made use of sign languages, due to being in deficit of civilization and proper language communication?
Are they not supposed to be descendants of Adam and Eve which God created perfectly with communication skills and culture innate.
When then, did they suddenly diverge from the genealogy and lost their sense of civilization and started acting instinctively like semi-underdeveloped animals?

3) the Bible begins with God created Adam and Eve first, why does the Bible say nothing about ancient humans, despite the plethora of evidences which scientist has themselves discovered today?

4) are the fossil records of ancient humans not proof for the propositions of the great Charles Darwin?

5) is it possible, the ancient humans like homo erectus and homo habilis had souls and were capable of being raptured too?

Disclaimer!
Am not atheistic, am just a curious scholar seeking metaphysical clarification...

Science is the source of nature and that is why God is the greatest scientists.... science is for academic relevance, nothing more..

THAT SCIENCE IS A BRANCH OF PNEUMATOLOGY.